UN URGES GLOBAL RESPONSE TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HUMAN-INDUCED

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UN URGES GLOBAL RESPONSE TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS
HUMAN-INDUCEDNew York, Sep 27 2013 11:00AMUnited Nations officials
today called for a global response to combat climate change, following
new findings by a scientific panel stating it is "extremely likely"
that humans have been the dominant cause of unprecedented global
warming since 1950.

"The heat is on. Now we must act," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said
in a video <"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7152">message
to the launch of the report of the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (<"http://ipcc.ch/index.htm">IPCC).

"This new report will be essential for Governments as they work to
finalize an ambitious, legal agreement on climate change in 2015," Mr.
Ban said. "The goal is to generate the political commitment to keep
global temperature rise below the agreed 2-degree Celsius threshold."

The IPCC report, released today in Stockholm, Sweden, calls global
warming "unequivocal," and confirms that there is a 95 per cent
probability that most of the warming since 1950 has been caused by
human influence.

The report <"http://ipcc.ch/news_and_events/docs/ar5/press_release_ar5_wgi_en.pdf">stresses
that evidence for this has grown "thanks to more and better
observations, an improved understanding of the climate system response
and improved climate models."

"The IPCC report demonstrates that we must greatly reduce global
emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change," said
the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
Michel Jarraud. "It also contains important new scientific knowledge
that can be used to produce actionable climate information and
services for assisting society to adapt to the impacts of climate
change."

In its <"http://ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/#.UkWYotKsg6Y">report, the IPCC
notes that continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further
warming and changes in all components of the climate system. It adds
that limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained
reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

"Climate change is a long-term challenge but one that requires urgent
action, not tomorrow but today and right now, given the pace and the
scale by which greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere and
the rising risks of a more than 2-degree Celsius temperature rise,"
<"http://unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2726&ArticleID=9633&l=en">said
the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim
Steiner.

To add momentum to the global response, Mr. Ban intends to convene a
Climate Summit in September 2014 for leaders at the highest level –
from government, business, finance, civil society and academia.

"As the results from the latest and best available science become
clearer, the challenge becomes more daunting, but simultaneously the
solutions become more apparent. These opportunities need to be grasped
across society in mutually reinforcing ways by governments at all
levels, by corporations, by civil society and by individuals,"
<"http://unfccc.int/files/press/press_releases_advisories/application/pdf/pr20132709_ipcc.pdf">said
the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres.

Under the UNFCCC, governments have agreed to limit the global
temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of
climate change. They have also agreed to assess the adequacy of this
limit and progress towards this goal using the best science, including
the IPCC report.

"Thankfully, momentum to fight climate change is building. We know
that success is possible. We have the technology, funding and ability
to respond. The many successes at domestic, international and private
sector levels to build a low-carbon society shine light on the way
forward, but we do need to quickly go to scale," Ms. Figueres added.

It has been six years since the IPCC, which brings together the
world's leading climate scientists and experts, released its previous
report. Back then, scientists stated it was "very likely" that
humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and
other greenhouse gases have caused most of the global temperature rise
observed since the mid-20th century. Sep 27 2013 11:00AM
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